Propiedades psicométricas de la escala de bienestar psicológico en estudiantes de psicología de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

Psychological well-being is important in people’s lives since it affects various areas; instruments have been created to measure it and are used mainly by psychologists; however, sometimes, the instruments used may not possess adequate psychometric properties. This research aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Psychological Well-being Scale in terms of validity by internal structure and reliability in university students from the Faculty of Psychology at Universidad de Cuenca. The method was quantitative, with a descriptive scope, and the research design was non-experimental cross-sectional, and instrumental research. The participants were 300 students from the Faculty of Psychology at the Universidad de Cuenca, men and women between 17 and 44 years old. The results found are: Validity through internal structure by confirmatory factorial analysis showed a CFI of. 82, a TLI of. 80, an RMSEA of. 08, and an SRMR of. 07. Whereas, the internal consistency analysis using the reliability coefficients Cronbach’s Alpha and McDonald’s Omega showed that some dimensions have an internal consistency below the acceptable level. 70. The original model is inconsistent with the sample and the dimension with a lower internal consistency is that of the Domain of the environment.